His very essence is manifest in created beings, and they cite this hadith as evidence for that. Thus, besides distorting words from their proper meanings and deviating concerning the names and signs of Allah Most High, they make what is specific universal in reports such as this hadith, and in such sayings as, “I become his hearing with which he hears and his sight with which he sees,” and, “If one of you were to lower a rope, it would descend upon Allah.”